Depp, who will soon be seen in the next Fantastic Beasts film, said that after the allegations of physical abuse came out, he initially “just kept my mouth shut”.

He added: “I knew it was going to stick on me and it would get weirder. Keep going, you know?”

Image copyrightDisneyImage captionThe actor is known to millions as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise

Heard’s response to the article, through her lawyers, was: “Mr Depp has blatantly disregarded the parties’ confidentiality agreement and yet has refused to allow Ms Heard to respond to his baseless allegations, despite repeated requests that she be allowed to do so.

“Mr Depp is shamefully continuing his psychological abuse of Ms Heard, who has attempted to put a very painful part of her life firmly in her past. One need only look at the physical evidence to draw the proper conclusion.”

The GQ article’s author Jonathan Heaf said it was “not a piece of investigative reporting”.

He wrote: “It is merely a snapshot, a chance to sit down and talk to a person of immense interest and talent, who has, it must be noted, brought joy to millions of film lovers all over the world, ever since he moved from Kentucky to LA and a friend, Nicolas Cage, told him he should go and see his acting agent.”

When asked by the magazine about what happened between him and his ex-wife, Depp said: “We probably shouldn’t be talking about this, but I am worried.

“Johnny Depp is the abuse victim. In UK court proceedings next month, we will be submitting clear evidence of the violence committed serially against him by Ms Heard and the serious injuries that he suffered.

“We will also submit overwhelming evidence that Ms Heard faked the abuse allegations against Mr Depp.”

Mr Waldman added: “The only ‘shameful psychological abuse’ stems from Ms Heard’s continuing cynical manipulation of the important #MeToo movement and its real victims, that she has used to pursue her own ends.”

There was some backlash to the GQ article.

New Statesman’s deputy culture editor Anna Leszkiewicz wrote: “This cover of GQ has been deliberately designed to give the accusations made against Johnny Depp an edge of rebellion.”

Johnny Depp deserves to be happy, he deserves to be loved, he deserves to be heard. And apart from the public image and what his family and friends thought about it, what hurts the most is that a person who he loved with all of his heart, betrayed him in the most disgusting way. pic.twitter.com/KQ3yapirOw

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